A few random memories...

In the beginning of November, my parents came.  Well my dad came for 1 day...we drove to Sacramento to spend the day with him.  He had to perform a ring ceremony there that night, and then because of the snow had to drive straight home.  But my mom stayed for a week.  (Which was a blessing...I was still sick...it was sooooo nice to have someone here to cook for me and to take care of Cooper!)

We went to the spaghetti factory for lunch and then over to play glow in the dark mini golf.  It was fun and interesting at the same time.  Easton found one lucky token sitting on one of the games and he WON a ton of tickets...refer to the picture below...that was with ONE token. The tickets just kept coming out...

Cooper loves my office!  Well...he loves to make a HUGE mess while mommy works on the computer.  I am lucky if I can even walk into my office without stepping on stuff.  Cooper keeps us busy!

 The kids LOVE fires with daddy!  They have so much fun outside with him.  They try to get me to go out there and sit...but I use Cooper as my excuse...my real reason is the smell...I hate smelling like a fire afterwards.  I don't mind it if we are camping.  I prefer my wood stove in my house...I love to stand by it and stay warm with NO smell!  (The neighbor kids love to hang out by the fire too!)

 My sister-in-law needed a few head shots of the kids for a Christmas Gift for Grandma.  So I took a few outside one day...they are growing up so fast!

 Eric...he has been very busy working on his Mustang.  He spent HOURS sand blasting the bottom.  Looks like he has been working in the mine. I will let him do a post on his car since he knows what he is doing.

1st Birthday Boy!

Cooper's ONE!
Cooper had his first birthday on Thanksgiving day this year.  Jon and Tracie were here visiting for the holiday.  We had a small fun little celebration.  Jon took some video singing and Cooper eating the cake with his camera, however as soon as it was all done, he realized it wasn't taping anything.  Oops.  So I have lots of pictures to document the events, and no video.  So picture overload...

First things First...Candle!  No we didn't light it!

First Feel...Cooper's not sure about this.

First taste..still not sure.

Ok...I think I would rather play in it!

Daddy tried to help me eat some...didn't work too well.

Daddy even tried to show me how.

I had fun just playing!

Happy BOY all cleaned up!

Present Time!

Yippee...NEW CARSEAT! Every 1 year old's dream!

It was a fun small celebration!  Cooper was a happy little birthday boy! We love you Cooper!

Baby #4...Yep that is right!

Yes that is right...Baby #4 is coming!  Was I ready...NOOOO!  Was it a SHOCK...YES!  A good one, I guess.  It took some time to get use too.  We wanted one more but not this soon.  I still have a baby!  They will be 18 months apart.  A little close for me, I know people do it all the time.  And I guess I will too!

My blog wasn't updated for 3 months because I was SICK for 3 months!  I have never been this sick ever with a pregnancy.  It has been so different than my other 3 pregnancies.  I was exhausted, nauseous, tired, nauseous, and more tired.  I literally spent a couple of months on the couch with Cooper playing around me.  It was really hard.  I barely could eat because nothing sounded good..I mean NOTHING!  I couldn't cook.  I couldn't even stand the smell of the pantry. It was horrible.   The doctor gave me some meds..which totally saved me.  I still would get sick but NOT as much.  I could actually function more during the day. 

My first ultrasound showed a peanut...a mean a peanut.  It doesn't look like a baby to me.  It was smaller than it should be for my due date calculator.  So I had a second ultrasound a couple of weeks later and it actually looked more like a baby.  The doctor scared me because she thought maybe there was 2 babies in there..that scared me to death. I actually had a dream I had twins and it scared me to death.  So I am thankful it is just one baby! My due was changed...which wasn't cool.  I had to go back two weeks.  Which was hard to change in my mind...I thought I was 8 weeks but really only 6!  I am now ok with it.  My due date is May 23 or 24th? I can't remember what the doctor said. 

So ready or not...the final Redford Baby is on it's way!

Halloween!

Halloween this year!  The ward Halloween party was canceled, so we mainly just celebrated it on Halloween this year.  I took Cooper up to Eric's work to show off his "Awesome" costume. I LOVED It!  I also have never spent that much on a costume before. But it was sooo cute...I couldn't resist. And the quality was great too! Very Warm.

Easton was Darth Vader!

 Cooper was the Monster from Monsters Inc. SOOO CUTE! He hated the hat, it was too big for him so it kept sliding down past his eyes..which was soo cute but he didn't think so.

 Brooklyn was a fairy bat.  That said she wanted to be a bat.  Don't ask me why?

Cooper wasn't too happy to take pictures.

 My little outfit I made.  I am not sure people understood exactly what it meant. 

Easton hit the jack pot.  We all went out for about an hour Trick or Treating on the golf cart.  It was fun until Brooklyn got sick and had to go home.  So I stayed home while Easton and Eric went back out...until 9:30!  I was starting to get worried.  He got soooo much candy. They had a great time.  Brooklyn was a little jealous!

We did go to the Boo Bash in Cobb on Friday and got a free pumpkin! 

It was a fun Halloween!

Monster Truck Show!

MONSTER TRUCK SHOW in Lakeport!  It was a lot of fun!  We got there early to walk around the big trucks.  We went to the second show of the weekend...which was a little disappointing with the monsters trucks. The first show was awesome, but also damaged a few trucks.  So during our show the trucks kept breaking down, so basically only 2 of the trucks worked right for the night. 

The best part of the show was the motorcross tricks.  That was worth the money.  They did flips, and crazy/dangerous tricks.  We couldn't believe what they were doing in the air...check out the videos below.

 These guys were the hit of the show...see the videos below!   Highlight of the show!!!!

Cooper learned to clap at the show!  This was the first time he has clapped...ever!  We had tried to teach him...I guess it took Monster Trucks to get him excited!

 These were the two trucks that weren't broken!  They did put on a good show though. And one was a local driver, which was cool. 



Cooper 10-11 months

Cooper at 10-11 months!  What a fun boy he is.  I love his blue eyes!  He had his 9th month doctors appointment and shots.  He weighed a little over 17 lbs.  Which only put him in the 10th percentile for his weight.  Which is funny to me, he looks like a normal size baby to me.  He has chunky legs and tummy. He is not a skinny baby.  I feel like he is the same as Brooklyn and Easton were...and they were always in the 50th percentile. Have the charts changed that much in 5 years?  Maybe.  Makes you wonder.


Cooper is a crawling machine.  He loves it.  He goes down our 3 stairs with ease...well head first.  He is enjoying baby food more now.  He will eat most things as long as you mix it up with something else...he doesn't like beans or peas by themselves...but who blames him. 


We have installed a baby gate to keep Cooper out of the kitchen/stairs.  He HATES it!  He feels like a prisoner I guess.  He is a great sleeper still...I don't complain about that a bit.  He is a happy baby almost all the time!  We love you Coop!

Doctors Appointment...It was a fun, cute office!  Who wouldn't want to sit on a dinosaur table?

I love this smile of his...its so cute and funny!  Especially with his teeth coming through.

He loved sitting on my big pot one day and then he loved hitting it with the spoon. Fun times!

He started WALKING at almost 11  months!  I would say he mastered it around 11 1/2 months. 





Soccer Season 2011

Soccer 2011

Brooklyn and Easton had another great soccer year.  They both enjoyed playing on their teams.  Brooklyn was on the Grey Tigers.  She did a great job on defense and "tackling" for the ball.  She made a goal this year, which made her day!

Easton was on the (I can't remember at the moment).  He learned a lot this year, thanks to his great coach.  She taught them positions and the right way to play soccer.  Easton had many goals.  His coach did a fun patch incentive.  She gave them each patches at the end of the game for goals, assists, good sportsmanship, being tough, passing, etc...And then we put them on his shirt.  Easton loved the patches.  His team did really well.  They were fun to watch. 

And he shoots a GOAL!